Day 22: Fire

My husband grilled on Sunday

No, we didn't have to call the fire department- that was a fire we could see from our backyard He does a great job grilling, he grills most Sundays
See yummy

Day 21: Rain, Projects and Icecream

Woke up to cold and rain Saturday morning- which meant no running for me. I was really glad I hadn't signed up for the 5K that was that day- that would have been miserable.

Since we were home we got some things done around the house-- I finally got the mirror hung up. We used to have our family picture up, we moved that to a different wall and I redid some of the mantel decor. This mirror- only $10 at the thrift store!
In fact I realized that everything on my mantel I got at the thrift store- except the Home- that was from Ross.

And in about 5 minutes and for about $5 I completed another craftIn the afternoon and evening the sun came out and so we ventured out to the dollar store.
We drew names then bought secret gifts for each other. We stopped at the store to pick up some pizza and took it home for a night of gifts, pizza, pop, drumsticks and a movie.
It was Ryder's first ever drumstick-
he liked it.

It was a good Saturday.

Day 20: Friday Traditions

On Friday's we go out to eat. Usually it is to a quick fast food style place, which really is the best with kids. But this week we stepped it up and went to the Rain Forest Cafe.
It was all smiles from the kidseven Ryder-
though the first time the thunder went he was a little scared
My foodAnd of course we stopped in the Lego store since we were right by it. And we actually found some shoes for Alex! She just turned 5 two months ago and wears a size 13 shoe-- a 13 Wide that is, in fact the tennis shoes we got her were Extra Wide. Poor thing will never be able to wear all of the cute petite girly shoes.

Day 19: Antiques and Junk

I drug Ryder around shopping with me again- poor kid-- but he does get fruit snacks when we shop and he really is a good shopper.

What were we shopping for- I really wanted an old window and I found one!This beauty will soon be part of my living room decor-- so excited.

And yea, I might have had a little snack while reading blogs.
And the day ended wonderfully with a sweet card from my oldestAnd working on and completing projects while watching American Idol

Day 18: Round Two

Tuesday night Eric and I were headed up to bed, I thought I heard Lucas call my name. I went into the hallway and listened but didn't hear anything, but then I heard it. I went in to his room to discover he had gotten sick- all over the place. And he had had some red pop with dinner- yea.. not going to go into more detail but I gagged many times.

Since he missed school today it gave us some extra time to work on his school boat project which was good because it took us

one

(floated until we stuck the sails on-then just tipped to side, oh and paint washes off of plastic)

two

(works but might be a bit too big for dimensions required)

three attempts.

(right size and it floats!)

The final one that worked- was based off a Time For Tots project we did almost two years ago. So glad those days paid off.

Day 17: Back to the Grind

After a four day weekend it was time for Lucas and Alex to head back to school. Ryder ate a great breakfast and seemed to be okay.

So it meant some shopping for Ryder and I- buying supplies for our upcoming Fancy Family Valentines Dinner. So excited about this-going to be even better than last year.
And of course there was homework. A last minute inspiration to have Lucas write his spelling words on flashcards actually made him willing to do it and not fight me. Yea!

Day 16: Maybe it was the jumping?

Jump

Hop

Fly

And Laughter
Alex and Ryder had so much fun playing together.

So much that I wasn't too surprised that his nap was an hour longer than usual. But then he woke up and was very hot and just sat there.

When Eric got home he didn't even run over to greet him. Eric handed him off to me so he could help set the table and I said I was worried Ryder was going to get sick. Not a second after I said that Ryder threw up all down my shoulder and back.

Sometimes I don't like being so right.